Driving means for hand-cars and other motors or vehicles.



R. ZBRTUGHE. DRIVING MEANS FOR HAND CARS AND OTHER MOTORS OR VEHICLES.

' APPLICATION FILED APR.15,1914.

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RUBEN z itTUcHE; F SALTILLO, MEXICO.

DRIVINGJMEANS EoEHAnn-oAns AND OTHER MOTORS 0R VEHICLES.

T0 tall-whom may concern:

Be it known; thatI, R BEN ZEnTUo -IE, a citizen of Mexico, residing .at' Saltillo, Mexico, have invented certain new and use. ful Improvements in Driving Means for Hand-Cars and other Motorsor Vehicles, of

, which the following is a. specification.

It is the object of my invention to provide u a simple and effective means to propelhand 10 cars on railways, though the invention is not limited in this respect, and the principleinvolved may be utilized in the driving of any fim'otor to which it may be adapted or topropel any vehicle. i

l The invention includes a series of wheels each of which is given movement in suc cession until the cycle of movementhas been made complete, when the first and .last wheels of the series are again moved and thus the movement continued through the series, this movement being imparted to the. driving wheels through a series of'short impulses requiring the minimum amount. of force and securingmaximum power as appliedto the driving wheels.

I'have shown in the accompanying draw ing a simple application of the invention in the form of a hand car for railways, but this, it will be understood, is only representative, and the details of construction can be, changed according-to the application without departing from the spirit of the invention, this consisting in a series of wheels supporting the part or instrumentality to be moved with means for imparting through short successive impulses a rotative movement to each of thewheels in succession, the sum of the successive movements constituting the complete rotation of the wheel, the rotation of'eachwheel being communicated to the other wheels of the series. Preferably, the'driving means'I provide identically for each side of the device, though in some instances I may locate the driving means centrally of the vehicle, and have but a single set instead of two, as disclosed.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a side elevation of a hand car with my invention applied thereto; Fig. 2 is an end view of the same partly in section; Fig. 3 is a detail; and Fig. 1 is a plan view with the platform removed.

The invention is shown as applied to an ordinary railway, the ties 1 and rails 2 be ing of the usual construction. The truck consists of axles 3 and wheels 4:. A. frame- Specificat ion of Letters Patent.

Patented Sept. 22,- 1914.

' Applic'ationfiled April 15,1914. Serial No. 832,061.

work 5 is, supported on the axles and includes a platform ti extending between the side frames 5, and also. includes an upper frame 7 v supported by short vertical sections 8. A frame 91s supported upon the frame 7 through rol lers 10, the frame 9 having longitudinal movement of the main frame. A.

hand bar 11 extends between the side members of the frame 91 01 a purpose hereinafter described. On each side .of thecar out side of the line of the wheels is a longitudinally extending bar 12, and this bar is sup ported from the side frames 9 by links 13 madeup of a series of pivoted sections 14, so as to provide flexibility. I

Asfshown in Fig. 1', the axles of the wheels are connected by chains 15 sothat the movement of any pair of wheels is com municated to the other wheels of the series. This is an ordinary construction. Each wheel is provided with a depending lever 16 which has an ordinary clutch connection 17 -w1th the wheel, this clutch connection being slightly eccentric to the centerof each wheel, andin the series ofwheels the loca- 1 tionofthe connection. is just one stepremoved fromits adjacent lever for a purpose hereinafter described. The lever is slotted, as at '18, andfthrough this slot passes anpin 19 on the bar 12, forming an operating connection between the bar andthe lever 16. A chain or like'connection'20 extends betweenthe end of the lever 16 to which it issecured and the bar 12, as shown, so that when the upper frame 9 through 'the hand bar 11 is drawn by the operator toward the rear,' the links 14 are drawn with the frame inclining toward the rear, and this rearward motion is imparted to. the bars 12 with the result that through the pin 19 and the chain 20 the first and last levers 16 are drawn rearwardly, imparting a rotating movement to the first and last wheels of the series. This not only gives movement. to these wheels, but through the chain connection moves the adjacent wheels so as to bring their levers 16 into the position first assumed by the lever of the first and last wheels, and in the next rearward movement of the frame 9 power is applied to the adjacent wheels through a like short impulse to move it, and so on throughout the series ment by the springs 21. The levers 16, by

reason of their clutch connection, simply operate in one direction to move the wheels,

and swing back freely in the opposite direction. A weight 22 normally tends to assist the springs 21 to keep the bars 12 pressed forward, and aids in the reciprocavtion of the bar. A stop 23 limits the fori like manner, and any suitable motor means or any water vehicle, proper propelling may be utilized for imparting the movement to the frame 9 in lieu of the man power utilized in a hand car.

In case the invention is applied toa boat means would, of course, be attached to the driving wheels to furnish the propulsion force in the water.

I claim'as my invention:

1'. A motor device comprising a series of wheels, a lever for each wheel having a clutch connection therewith, a longitudinal connection for the levers of the series, means for imparting longitudinal movement to said connecting means so as to give move ment in succession to each of the levers, and

means between the wheels of the series for impartingthe movement of one wheel to the other wheels of the series, substantially as described.

2. A motor device comprising a series of wheels, a truck or the like supported therefrom, a lever for each wheel having afclutch connection therewith, a single instrumentahty connecting the levers, each lever being located onfits respective wheel a step 7 removed from that of its neighbor where 'by each lever comes into position in succession for operation, and means for oscillating the instrumentality connecting the levers, substantially as described.

3. In a motor device, a series of wheels,

nection, each lever being located difi'erently upon its'respectivewheel so that as a whole a cycle of movement is made, a bar connect mg the levers, means for oscillatlng' the'bar,

a lever for eachwheel having a clutch concomprising a longitudinally movable frame, and links connecting the frame and the bar;

E 4:. A motor device comprising a series of wheels each having a lever witha clutch" connection therewith, a platform supported bv said wheels, a longitudinally moving frame, rollers supportingthe frame, a longitudinally extending bar connecting the wheel levers, links between the frame and bar, springs between the bar and levers, and chain connections between the levers and bar with driving connections between the xles of the several wheels, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, affix signature in presence of. two witnesses;

lVitnesses: I

JOSE GARZAZ, WVALTER Do'NALDsoN,

RUBEN ZERTUG E;

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